Digestive System RAS

Taking in of drink and food through your mouth is known as

• digestion
• elimination

• absorption
• ingestion
• propulsion

Release of special juices (e.g. saliva and stomach juices) to help break down food

• secretion

• elimination

• absorption
• ingestion
• propulsion

Muscles pushing and mixing the food along through the stomach and intestines

• secretion

• elimination

• absorption
• ingestion
• propulsion

Food gets broken into tiny pieces, both by chewing and by those juices.

• propulsion

• elimination

• absorption
• ingestion
• digestion

Small molecules of food pass through the wall of small intestine into the blood

• propulsion

• elimination

• absorption
• ingestion
• digestion

Removal of waste

• propulsion

• elimination

• absorption
• ingestion
• digestion

Organ where food goes in

• mouth
• esophagus

• anus

• stomach

• small intestine

Tube that carries down food

• mouth
• esophagus

• anus

• stomach

• small intestine

Organ that squishes and stores food and mixes it with juices

• mouth
• esophagus

• anus

• stomach

• small intestine

Organ where food molecules are absorbed into the blood

• mouth
• esophagus

• anus

• stomach

• small intestine